Between studies and his athletics training, Tommy worked selling fruit to raise cash

The happy family now live together on the Sunshine Coast and Tommy's brother Liam even set up a fundraising drive for them.

“The reaction I’ve got from the public is insane. I can’t believe it. And it all just stemmed from a Facebook post I put up just to update my friends on what I was up to,” said aspiring athlete Tommy.

Since then, Tommy has received thousands of messages from well-wishers, and even some admirers.

“Most of them are heartwarming messages, but there are a few in there just straight up asking, ‘Are you single?’ I’ve had a good laugh at those ones.”

Moment a sobbing girl, 18, hands her newborn baby to his adoptive mother

On Facebook, Amy has since described herself as “the luckiest girl in the world”.

“Since carrying this gorgeous boy, all of my friends kept telling me that he would be taken away from me,” she wrote.

“This made my pregnancy very difficult. All I wanted was to give this little man a better life than I had - a second chance was all I wanted. Thank-you, Tommy for everything, and for helping me with my spelling.”

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